Join us for a roundtable discussion of the new Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies on April 16, 2021 at 11 am – 12:15 pm EST via Zoom.
WORKING-CLASS STUDIES ASSOCIATION
The Working-Class Studies Association supports scholarship, teaching, and activism related to working-class life and cultures.
Roundtable discussion of the Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies
Join us for a roundtable discussion of the new Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies on April 16, 2021 at 11 am – 12:15 pm EST via Zoom. Advance registration is required. The Routledge International Handbook […]
Upcoming Deadline! Submissions for 2021 WCSA Conference
The 2020 WCSA Conference has been rescheduled for June 7-9, 2021! We invite submissions from activists, artists, and scholars that address the conference theme: “Re-placing Class: Community, Politics, Work, and Labor in a Changing World.” […]
Public Talk: Tim Z. Hernandez, “Searching for the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos: Merging Memory and History.”
Tim Z. Hernandez, an award-winning writer, research scholar, and performer, will give a virtual talk on Tuesday, March 2 at 7 pm (EST), “Searching for the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos: Merging Memory and History,” on his documentary novel, All […]
Newbrook Labor College — Register Today for Spring 2021!
The Newbrook Labor College, a labor education organization dedicated to creating an inclusive labor movement and moving workers to action, seeks applications for its Spring 2021 semester. This semester, all courses will be held online […]
Call For Papers: The Idea of the Lumpenproletariat
Ben Clarke (UNC Greensboro) and Michael Bailey (University of Essex) invite submissions for a collection of essays from scholars across a range of disciplines. See the full call for papers below! The Idea of the […]
Published in 2021: Marc Dipaolo’s autobiographical novel
Southwestern Oklahoma State University Associate Professor Dr. Marc DiPaolo of Weatherford has an autobiographical novel— Fake Italian: An 83% True Autobiography with Pseudonyms and Some Tall Tales—that will soon be released online and later in print. […]
Announcing the 2021 wcsa conference
We are excited to announce that we have officially rescheduled the annual Working-Class Studies Association conference following last year’s cancelation! Re-Placing Class: Community, Politics, Work, and Labor in a Changing World The 2020 conference has […]
Published in 2021: The Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies
Co-editors: Michele Fazio (UNC Pembroke), Christie Launius (Kansas State University), Tim Strangleman (University of Kent) have published The Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies. Divided into six sections, the handbook consists of 35 essays by leading scholars and educators […]
Our Journal: The Working-Class Poetry Issue
In December 2020, we published a special issue of The Journal of Working-Class Studies: the Working-Class Poetry Issue. Featuring poems about factory working conditions, working as a garbage collector, as well as the experiences of […]
